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Code rant: Visual Programming - Why it's a Bad Idea
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End-programmer Programming
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| | A reflection on the goal of making programming for everyone.
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Colin Woodbury - Software Development Languages
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| | [AI summary] The article distinguishes between general programming languages and optimal software development languages by analyzing them across five pillars: Programming, Testing, Collaborating, Releasing, and Maintenance.
| | drossbucket.com
Hacker News folk wisdom on visual programming - drossbucket
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| | I'm a fairly frequent Hacker News lurker, especially when I have some other important task that I'm avoiding. I normally head to the Active page (lots of comments, good for procrastination) and pick a nice long discussion thread to browse. So over time I've ended up with a good sense of what topics come up...
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Zig Programming Language Blurs the Line Between Compile-Time and Run-Time - Andrew Kelley
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| [AI summary] The blog post discusses the evolution of programming languages, focusing on Rust and Zig's approaches to handling formatted output. It highlights the challenges in C's format string system, the use of macros in Rust, and Zig's ability to handle formatted output without special compiler cases, relying on userland code. The post also touches on the trade-offs of macros and the design goals of Zig to provide power without the drawbacks of macro-based systems.